7 They continued to question him, so he stood up and replied, “Whoever hasn’t sinned should throw the first stone.” (John 8:7) ~ Jesus Please take a moment to study the picture and the Meme above. Now meditate, and reflect on the image and the message it conveys. After you have finished, with thoroughness and honesty… Read More »
Monday Night Football Lessons and Blessings
January 3, 2023 Monday Night Football Lessons and Blessings “Immediately, my player hat went on, like, how do you resume playing after seeing a traumatic event in front of you?” ~ Troy Vincent, NFL Executive. On January 2, 2023, during one of the biggest NFL football games of the year, we witnessed the tragic scene… Read More »
Unfinished Hurts
When we finally repent of our mistakes and forgive those who have hurt us – as God calls us to do over and over again in his Word – then the light of God shines like a bright, healing beam in our hearts and clears the vision of God before us. ~ Matt Brown What… Read More »
Play The Hand You’re Dealt
“The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.” ~ Jawaharlal Nehru Fate determines the initial hand you’re dealt in life. You don’t get to choose whether you are conceived or born. You don’t get to pick who your parents are, what zip code you grow up in, or… Read More »
Toss the Whipping Stick
“…occasionally I wished I could walk through a picture window and have the sharp, broken shards slash me to ribbons so I would finally look like I felt.” ~ Elizabeth Wurtzel One thing is for sure; life is hard. The world can be a dark and lonely place to live and regularly broadcast what a… Read More »
Anger: The Number One Offender
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” ~ Mark Twain Every person deals with anger; it’s a God-given emotion; therefore, anger in itself cannot be wrong. When we allow our anger to exceed its limits and intended… Read More »
Support and Accountability Need Each Other
“Support without accountability promotes moral weakness; accountability without support is a form of cruelty.” ~ John Wesley We all need support and accountability to grow spiritually and to be our very best. If parents provide a home for their children to live in, but there are no rules or expectations for the house, it will… Read More »
Greed: The Bottomless Pit
“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” ~ Erich Fromm Is there such a thing as enough is enough? When do we ever have enough wealth, power, and food? In 2020 we watched greed enormously rear its ugly head. The pandemic… Read More »
Relax and Have Fun
“I went through a couple of years where, in the first inning of every postseason baseball game, I had the runner go get the biggest beer the stadium sold,” Buck explained. “And I had the beer sitting there, and I would sip it from time to time to remind myself to relax and have fun.… Read More »
The Risen Life
“Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer As kingdom people, we confess that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. We profess with our lips that Jesus died and rose from the dead for the salvation of the world. We asked for… Read More »
